Issue 06 2020
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Alumni
Class Notes Your News From This Year.
Dr Noha Aboueldahab (Law, Ustinov College, 2013-16), a transitional justice specialist, has written an article: ‘Never lose sight of what victims and their families want’. Clare Agnew, née Buxton (Archaeology/ Ancient History, St Mary’s College, 1979-82) was High Sheriff of Norfolk from March 2019 to March 2020. Dr Al-Misnad (PhD Education, and Honorary Degree (Law), St Aidan’s College, 1979-84) has been elected as Qatar’s member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Robert Buckland QC MP (Law, Hatfield College, 1987-91) has been appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Jacqui Cole (Chemistry, Grey College, 199497) has received a Royal Society medal. Phillip A. Cooke (Music, Van Mildert College, 1998-2001) has had his book The Music of James Macmillan published by Boydell and Brewer. Graham Cornish (Theology, St Chad’s College, 1963-67) has had the sixth revised edition of his standard work Copyright: Interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services published. Professor Gabrielle Finn (Health Studies, Ustinov College, 2007-11) has won a National Teaching Fellowship, the most prestigious award for teaching and learning excellence. Lisa Firth (English Literature, Collingwood College, 2000-03) has been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2020 with her book A Question of Us, written as Mary Jayne Baker. Her second novel as Lisa Swift – The School of Starting Over – is due for publication. Sue Flood (Zoology, St Mary’s College, 1983-86), award-winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker, has been appointed an ambassador for the White Feather Foundation.
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Felicia Fricke (Archaeology, University College, 2007-10) has received media attention in the Caribbean islands of Curaçao and St Maarten for her thesis research, entitled ‘The Lifeways of Enslaved People in Curaçao, St Eustatius, and St Maarten/St Martin: A thematic analysis of archaeological, osteological, and oral historical data’. Luke Grenfell-Shaw (Natural Sciences, University College, 2013-17) is cycling from Bristol to Beijing on a tandem, to show what’s possible with a cancer diagnosis and to inspire others to live life to the full. Melinda Hill (English Literature, St Mary’s College, 1993-96) has written two successful non-fiction books under the name Milli Hill: The Positive Birth Book and Give Birth Like a Feminist. Ryan Jessop (Mathematics, Josephine Butler College, 2014-17) has received a second national award for his innovative contribution to industry-leading intent data management platform Carbon DMP. Awais Khan (Management Studies, 201013) has written a novel, In the Company of Strangers, which is due to be published in the UK in July. Jenny Laahs (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Grey College, 2008-12), music therapist, has released her debut electropop album ‘Grow Slow’ under the name Pinlight. Craig Lawrence, CBE (Engineering, University College, 1983-86) has had his book Gurkha published, with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. The book commemorates the first 25 years of The Royal Gurkha Rifles. Tom Lucas (Sociology, St Chad’s College, 1973-76) has published Just Help Yourself and Andrew Lucas: The life story of my father – an unsung hero. Jane Marriott OBE (History, University College, 1994-97) has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya. Taking up the appointment in the summer, Jane will be the first woman to hold this important diplomatic role.
